Will of William Green
of Martins Brandon Parish, dated 8
Mar 1790; Recorded 13 Apr 1790[i].

The plantation where I formerly lived and the land on which
the church stands to be sold to pay debts

Bequests:Chappel
Binford, the tract I sold him, 40 ¼ acres

Edmund Ruffin
, land
Nottoway
River
I sold him, he paying balance of same

Wife all the rest for her
lifetime, and at her death equally divided between by son
Frederickand daughter
Ann
Green
; the land to go to
Frederick
.

Exec:wife and friend Francis Burwell Green

Wit:John
Batte
, George Ruffin
, Wm. Ragsdale

On 13 May 1790 – Elizabeth
Green
and Francis B. Green
, Executors of William Green
, dec’d, to William Poythress
Jr.
296 acres bounded by Robert Batte
, the Mill Pond, Col Peter Epes
, being all the land William Green, dec’d, held in that tract except for ½
acre reserved for a burying place.Wit.
John Hamlin
, Frederick Green
, Edmund Ruffin Jr.
Recorded 8 Jun 1790[ii].

Information on William Green
taken from Prince George County,
VA Records 1733-1792, Abstracted and Compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III
.I do not know which William Green
that these records belong at this time they are included here for informational
purposes. – JPS 10/2001

¯9 Mary 1787 – three part deed between Josiah Gary
and John Baird
of Pr. Geo Co. and Joseph Westmore
of Town of Petersburg; Gary owes
money to Baird and to secure this debt, deed 104 acres to Westmore; land is
between Blackwater and Second Swamps and land was purchased of Agnes Lewis
after paying Instance Hall
and William Green£60
as security. . . Wit: Edward Marks
, David Irving
, Lancelot Stone
, David Rinny
.Recorded 11 Sept 1787.

¯24 May 1788 – William Ragsdale
, in order to secure a debts, deeds 300 acres to Robert Harrison
Sr., the land being where said
Ragsdale lives and adjoining lands of Edmund Ruffin
, William Wilkins
, William Green
, George Ruffin
, and David Goodgame
.Wit: Robert Harrison Jr.
, Edmund Ruffin Jr.
, Wm. Epes
.Recorded 14 Oct 1788.

NOTE:The Edmund Ruffin
mentioned here was known as ‘the
patriot’ and lived at Coggins Point, in the area of Powell’s Creek.At the time of the Civil War it was another Edmund Ruffin from Pr. Geo.
Co. who fired the opening shot of the War at
Fort
Sumpter
.

¯8 Apr 1789 – Patsey Linear
of Pr. Geo. Co. to Instance Hall
of same, for £300, ½ or equal portion of a tract on City Creek adjacent to
land of Henry Batte
, dec’d, Theodorick Bland
, John Sturdivant
, Thomas Dunn
and Lucy his wife, and said Instance
Hall; it being half o f the tract devised by James Greento be equally divided between his
sisters Patsey
and Lucy Green
by his will dtd 14 Jan 1781.Patsey Linear sells her half, bounded by lands of estate of
Nathaniel
Harrison
, dec’d,
Thomas
Dunn
, and said
Hall
.Wit: Wm. Ragsdale
, William Green
, Francis Epes
.Recorded 13 May 1789.